Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is Senior Correspondent at The Intercept and the inaugural Gloria Steinem Chair of Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. Her books include: "No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need" (2017), "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate" (2015); "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" (2008); and "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies" (2009). To read all her writing visit www.naomiklein.org. Follow her on Twitter: @NaomiAKlein.
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Views Monday, December 15, 2014 Why #BlackLivesMatter Should Transform the Climate Debate As the annual United Nations climate summit wrapped up in Lima, Peru, and on its penultimate day over the weekend, something historic happened. No, not the empty promises from powerful governments to finally get serious about climate action—starting in 2020 or 2030 or any time other than right now... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 03, 2014 The Ethics of Climate Hope Note (Updated, see below): This letter will be published in the next issue of the New York Review of Books , along with a response by Kolbert. The letter I submitted is followed here by a short additional note and update, addressing Kolbert’s reply. To the Editors: According to Elizabeth Kolbert’s... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 26, 2014 4 Reasons Keystone Really Matters It doesn’t matter. Ever since the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline exploded three and half years ago, that’s been the argument from the project’s liberal supporters. Sure, the oil that Keystone would carry from the Alberta tar sands is three to four times more greenhouse-gas-intensive than... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Some Very Initial Thoughts on the US-China Deal Good Timing Timing isn’t everything but it sure helps. After the mid-term elections, the mood in climate circles was getting pretty grim. We faced the prospect of a Republican-dominated House and Senate overturning emission controls, ramming through Keystone XL and elevating a climate denier (James... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 03, 2014 Yep, the Strawmen Do Keep Coming Recently, people have been telling me that capitalists are investing lots of money in renewable energy, or that some companies have decided to reduce their environmental impact out of self-interest. Thanks for the info, guys. But again, I thought it might be useful to point these people to my book... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 17, 2014 The People’s Climate March: Meet the Next Movement of Movements The most important climate gathering next week will not be happening at the UN, but in the streets: thousands upon thousands of us will be sounding the climate alarm, literally, at the historic People’s Climate March on September 21 . While the decision was made not to have speeches during the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Whether We Engage or Do Nothing... This Changes Everything The following is an excerpt taken from the introduction of Naomi Klein's newly published book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate , and appears at Common Dreams with permission from the book's publisher Simon & Shuster. All rights reserved. “Most projections of climate change... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 22, 2014 The Change Within: The Obstacles We Face Are Not Just External One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call “mismatch” or “mistiming.” This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 10, 2014 Why US Fracking Companies Are Licking Their Lips Over Ukraine The way to beat Vladimir Putin is to flood the European market with fracked-in-the-USA natural gas, or so the industry would have us believe. As part of escalating anti-Russian hysteria, two bills have been introduced into the US Congress – one in the House of Representatives ( H.R. 6 ), one in the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 29, 2013 How Science Is Telling Us All To Revolt In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held annually in San Francisco. This year’s conference had some big-name participants, from Ed... Read more |